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Christian-Muslim Clash In Egypt Injures 24

At least 24 people were hurt in the fighting in Marsa Matrouh governorate, including women and children, security sources said. The dispute broke out after Coptic Christian villagers built a fence around land next to a church-run building, the state news agency MENA reported. Hussein Fekry, head of security at the governorate, said Muslim residents of the village objected to the fence which blocked a main road. "Security was able to control fires that erupted in three homes and two cars," state governor Ahmed Hussein told Egyptian television. The Marsa Matrouh governor asked the priest of El Shahedeen church to remove the fence MENA said. Relations between Egypt's Muslims and Christians, mainly Copts, are usually calm but can become strained and sometimes erupt into violence over issues such as inter-faith relationships and land.
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Posted by Editor at March 20, 2010 01:54 AM